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This seems like a feedback loop without a clear beginning or cause. Marketing affects behavior. Behavior affects marketing. Repeat. Does Hasbro market GI Joes
by crazy1van 12y ago
This seems like a feedback loop without a clear beginning or cause. Marketing affects behavior. Behavior affects marketing. Repeat.
Does Hasbro market GI Joes to boys because boys tend to like GI Joes or do boys like GI Joes because Hasbro markets them to boys?
I'm not so sure how useful wondering about finding the "Cause" of this. It isn't that simple.
- omonra 12y agoI have a 2yo who has been obsessed with cars from the time he could crawl. We never encouraged it (don't own a car or a tv, no siblings) - actually got him a few dolls to try and balance it out. I think that once you have kids and observe them do gender-specific things from a very early age, you dismiss all the talk of 'marketing is responsible for it'.